Cirrhimuraena orientalis

Cirrhimuraena orientalis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Cirrhimuraena
Species:	C. orientalis
Binomial name
Cirrhimuraena orientalis Nguyen, 1993

Cirrhimuraena orientalis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). ^[2] It was described by Nguyen Khac Huong in 1993. ^[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Vietnam, in the western Pacific Ocean. ^[2]

References

1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Cirrhimuraena orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T198994A2548103. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198994A2548103.en . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
2. Cirrhimuraena orientalis at www.fishbase.org.
3. Nguyen, K. H., 1993 [ref. 24102] Marine fishes of Vietnam (Anguillomorpha, Cyprinomorpha, Atherinomorpha). Science & Technology Publishers, Hanoi. v. 2 (no. 2): 1-176.